Spinning toy



Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

J'6NS MONSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPINNING TOY.

Application filed June. 11, 1928.

This invention relates to amusement and pastime games and has referenceto spin ning toys, and is a continuation in part of my abandonedapplication, Serial Number 171,716, filed Feb. 28, 1927, which disclosesthe modifications shown in Figures 1 to 8, described below.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a toy that will interest bothyoung and old and will amuse a single person as well as a company.

The toy consists of a fiat, hollow and preferably round body with one orboth of its two fiat sides transparent. It has one spherical ball freein a round cavity with rigid sides. The cavity has fixed resting placesfor the ball. These resting places consist of hollows or grooves in thesides of the cavity. The side of the cavity on which the ball comes torest has slope for the'ball from every point to some resting place. Thecavity may have as many resting places as desired. The ball is spun bgiving the toy a ringlike slide or an e ge-wise spin on a level surface.The toy may be made with two cavities of which each has a free ball, andit can be made composite with several toys in one body. The toy can alsobe made with corners on the edge. The shell of the toy may be made in asmany parts as desired, and the parts fixed together. The toy has gameindicia.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy.

Figure 2 is a section in the line 11 of 1, when the toy has its top sidetransparent and resting places for the ball in the center side of thecavity.

Figure 3 is a view of the bottom side of the cavity, when the toy hasits top side transparent and resting places for the ball in the centerside of the cavity.

Figure 4 is a section in the line 11 of Fig. 1, when the toy has both ofits two flat sides transparent and resting places for the ball in thecenter side of the cavity.

Figure 5 is a section in the line 11 of Fig. 1, when the toy has twocavities with one ball in each, and it has both of its two flat sidestransparent.

Figure 6 is a view of the ball.

Figure 7 is a section in the line 11 of Fig.

Serial N 0. 284,432.

1, when the toy has its top side transparent and resting places for theball in the bottom side of the cavity.

Figure 8 is a View of the bottom side of the cavity, when the toy hasthe top side transparent and resting places for the ball in the bottomside of the cavity.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of a composite toy with plural number ofseparate toys in one body.

Figures 10 and 11 are side elevations of the toy with corners on theedge. a

In the drawings the same numbers mark the same kind of parts.

Fig. 1 shows the transparent top side of the toy with game indicia. Whenboth the flat sides are transparent, they both show game indicia.

Figs. 2 and 3 show the toy with the trans parent top side 2, the ball 3,the cavity 4:, the bottom part of the toy 5, the grooves in the centerside of the cavity 6 and the center part of the toy 7. The grooves inthe center side of the cavity are the resting places for the ball. Thebottom side of the cavity has slope for the ball from every point tosome resting place. When the toy has only the top side transparent, itis operated by giving it a ring-like slide on a level surface.

In Fig. 4 the toy has both its flat sides, 2 and 2, transparent, andboth sides in the cavity have slope for the ball from every point tosome resting place. When the toy has both of its two flat sidestransparent, it is operated by being spun on its edge on a levelsurface, and it may come to rest on an of its two fiat sides.

In Fig. 5 the toy is really two toys in one with the bottom parts, 5, ofboth as partition between them.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the toy is shown without a center part and has hollows,8, in the bottom side of the cavity as resting places for the ball.

In Fig. 9 a composite toy is shown with plural number of separate toysin one body all operated at once.

I claim:

1. A spinning toy comprising a fiat, hollow and partly transparent bodyhaving one spherical ball free in a round cavity with rigid sides, thiscavity having fixed resting places for the ball and slope for the ballevery point of the side on Which it comes to from every point of theside on which it rest to some resting place, and the toy having 10 comesto rest to some resting place. game indicia.

2. A spinning toy comprising a flat, hol- Signed at New York, in thecounty of New 8' lOW and partly transparent. body having one York andState of New York, this 9th day spherical ball free in a round cavitywith of June, A. D. 1928. rigid sides, this cavity having fixed restingplaces for the ball and slope for the ball from JONS MONSON.

